Modern Cultivation : The Strongest Couple Bonded by Vampire System

"Ah, I get it. You plan for them to hire more people, then spread out the prosperity."

"Yes, we cannot just give out these amenities for free. After the operation starts, we can just start selling it all as a product."

"Does this mean you plan to sell weapons too?"

MingYue thought of this since normal amenities would not be enough for cultivators to spend their qi crystals. And who knows what grade they would get here? At the very least, it would be a high grade.

This place was the core region, the area with the richest and most dense qi. It would not be weird if they could find even better quality or the rumored perfect grade—a qi crystal without any impurity.

"Yes, we already modified the weapons anyway. At first, they will be wary of us, but seeing the strength of the free sample we have, I am sure they will buy it.

We just need to arrange some fights in the public arena for everyone to see its power."

In the citadel, there was also an arena built for cultivators to settle their differences. Since everyone was still shocked by the changes, no one had used them yet, but it was only a matter of time.

Once they got used to it, Alex would start requiring them to have a special storage ring that worked like a personal ID. If someone had it, they would have many benefits, but as things progressed, he would start cutting out the benefits, forcing people to get one after they got used to the facility.

The goal was to spread it around until every cultivator used it. As more time passed, Alex was sure some cultivators would start putting items inside the storage ring. When nothing happened, they would start trusting it more and more.

It was not like Alex planned to steal it; he just wanted to get more data and learn more about the cultivators' behavior. As someone coming from modern society, Alex knew this data was a gold mine—knowing the trends, how people cultivated, and what kind of items they needed most.

But of course, this was still far in the future. He had already implemented this system in Edonia; since they lived inside Vesa, they didn't have a choice.

The storage ring was also a new concept for them, so they quickly got used to the convenience.

MingYue nodded. Since Alex had it all figured out, she didn't say anything further. They then left the capital and started searching for some qi crystal mines.

As the area was already mapped out by the goblins, they already knew where to go.

The place they reached was quite unique—it was an island in the middle of a lake. "Let me," MingYue said.

Alex gave a nod. There were many life signatures inside the lake; based on their fighting ability, MingYue was more suitable.

Her qi churned. She took out her sword and then shot it toward the lake. The attack was augmented by her life force, boosting the strength to a new level.

She did this to make sure there would be no survivors.

The whole lake quickly turned frozen, with many ice spikes coming from the surface. MingYue then frowned as she felt one of them still alive.

"Wait, MingYue, I will capture it for a specimen."

Alex's words made MingYue stop. He flew downward as MingYue manipulated the ice, creating a hole straight to the target.

As he kept going down, MingYue also observed the enemy. She then frowned as he landed beside Alex.

In front of them was what could be called a baby. It was a monster that looked like a human; the lower body was a fish, while the upper was almost human.

"This looks like a mermaid," Alex mumbled.

The baby was now crying as a blue sphere protected it. Based on how it looked, it seemed the other monsters poured all their strength into creating this barrier, but even that didn't last long.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

The barrier started dimming and cracking apart, almost shattering.

"Vesa, what do you think?"

Vesa then came out to observe the baby. "King, this is not a mermaid. They are a very cultured and smart race living on oceanic planets. But this one is interesting. I think it's on the verge of evolving to have intelligence."

"So, a spirit monster?"

"Yes, that would be a good way to call it. This place is close to a high-grade qi mine, so it probably affected their body, fast-tracking their evolution process."

"So, you mean this baby should have intelligence?"

Vesa's body then started glowing in red, and she easily phased through the barrier. She then put her finger to her forehead.

"King, I think this is different. Normally, spirit beasts will just gain some intelligence; they will only get wisdom after reaching the Core Stage and getting a humanoid form.

But this one already has it. I think her body will start changing too as she grows older, becoming more humanoid."

Alex's eyes lit up with interest. "Then this one is like a creature that evolved naturally." Continue reading at empire

The source of wisdom in spirit beasts came from the core they created, but this one didn't. It meant the brain had already evolved to have wisdom, just like humans and other sentient creatures.

It could be said she evolved naturally, just like those evolution theories he had learned before, how humans evolved from monkeys. Something that Alex found questionable despite all the proof he had seen.

It's not that Alex doubted the evolution process. He just didn't believe it happened naturally throughout millions of years.

"Can I find the answer through her then? If I dissect her…"

MingYue looked at Alex in disbelief. "Alex, don't tell me you plan to dissect her?!"

"Well, I'm not going to kill her. She will recover for sure. I just need to find out how the cells evolved. This is a rare chance, MingYue."

The other bodies that died could be used as a comparison to find the difference and what triggered the change. Was it Qi or something else?

"NO! Alex, she is a baby, and you tell me you will experiment on her?" MingYue asked once again.